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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Roman Collector, post: 3685422, member: 75937&quot;]This coin is neither rare nor does it illustrate any historical event in the reign of Hadrian. It&#039;s just pretty.</p><p><br /></p><p>The coin is difficult to date because the legend P M TR P COS III was used for many years (AD 117-138). Mattingly, on the basis of comparing portraits to dated types, divides up coins with this titulature into three main periods: (a) AD 119, (b) late AD 119-121, and (c) AD 121-138.[1] He assigns this coin to group B, AD 119-120 or 121.[2] The terminology is a bit confusing because in RIC, he and Sydenham had previously classified these coins as &quot;Group A-II, AD 119-121.&quot;[3] However, David Sear,[4] probably citing Philip Hill,[5] assigns it to AD 124. The British Museum currently does not make any attempt to date <a href="https://www.britishmuseum.org/research/collection_online/collection_object_details.aspx?objectId=1199774&amp;partId=1&amp;searchText=Hadrian+601c&amp;page=1" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.britishmuseum.org/research/collection_online/collection_object_details.aspx?objectId=1199774&amp;partId=1&amp;searchText=Hadrian+601c&amp;page=1" rel="nofollow">the coin</a> beyond AD 117-138 as indicated by the P M TR P COS III titulature.</p><p><br /></p><p>The coin comes with four bust types: (1) laureate head, right [RIC 601a; BMCRE 1235; Cohen 1043], (2) radiate bust, right, with drapery on left shoulder [RIC 601b; BMCRE 1231-1232], (3) radiate and draped bust, right [RIC 601c; BMCRE 1233-1234; Cohen 1044] and (4) radiate and cuirassed bust, right [not listed in RIC, BMCRE, or Cohen]. This coin bears the third bust type.</p><p><br /></p><p>The personification on the reverse, <i>Pietas</i>, symbolizes what Gnecchi describes as &quot;reverence for the gods, devotion to the Emperor, affection between the Augusti or between the Augustus and the people, tenderness of parents to sons, respect or affectionate care of the latter for their parents, and in general, love of one&#039;s neighbour.&quot;[6] The reverse inscription, <i>PIETAS AVGVSTI</i>, in the Latin genitive case, means, &quot;the <i>pietas</i> of the Augustus,&quot; e.g. Hadrian&#039;s <i>pietas</i>.</p><p><br /></p><p>Let&#039;s see your bronzes of Hadrian, Pietas types, or anything you feel is relevant!</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]988506[/ATTACH]</p><p>Hadrian, AD 117-138.</p><p>Roman Æ dupondius, 13.78 g, , 26.1 mm, 7 h.</p><p>Rome, ca. AD 119-124.</p><p>Obv: IMP CAESAR TRAIAN HADRIANVS AVG P M TR P COS III, radiate and draped bust, right.</p><p>Rev: PIETAS AVGVSTI, Pietas, veiled, draped, standing facing right before a lighted altar, raising her right hand and holding a box of incense in her left.</p><p>Refs: RIC 601c; BMCRE 1233-34; Cohen 1044; Strack 542; RCV 3665; Hill 257.</p><p><br /></p><p>~~~</p><p><br /></p><p>Notes:</p><p><br /></p><p>1. Mattingly, Harold. <i>Coins of the Roman Empire in the British Museum</i>. <i>Vol. III: Nerva to Hadrian</i>, British Museum, 1966, pp. cxxviii-cxxix.</p><p><br /></p><p>2. ibid, p. 413.</p><p><br /></p><p>3. Mattingly, Harold and Sydenham, Edward A. <i>The Roman Imperial Coinage Vol. II: Vespasian to Hadrian</i>, London, Spink, 1926, pp. 315, 322, 413.</p><p><br /></p><p>4. Sear, David R. <i>Roman Coins and Their Values II: The accession of Nerva to the Overthrow of the Severan Dynasty AD 96 - AD 235</i>, London, Spink, 2002, p. 165.</p><p><br /></p><p>5. Hill, Philip V. <i>The Dating and Arrangement of the Undated Coins of Rome, A.D. 98 - 148,</i> London, Spink, 1970.</p><p><br /></p><p>6. As quoted in Sear, <i>op. cit.</i>, p. 40.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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